Missouri Woman Gets 17.5 Years in Prison for Child Porn

(Nixa, Missouri) In February 2009, a 34-year-old local mom, Amy Vogt, allegedly molested her nine-year-old son in an episode that was broadcast on the Internet.

FBI agents contacted Vogt after receiving an investigative lead that indicated she sent e-mail messages with 15 images of child porn to a man in Illinois. Vogt admitted to FBI agents that she had sent the images after the man requested images of girls from ages 3 to 14. Vogt also described several instances where she broadcast herself via a Web cam molesting a juvenile as he slept.

Federal investigators discovered 139 images of child pornography on a computer seized by FBI agents. They also recovered numerous instant message sessions that refer to sexual acts perpetrated against children. In those messages, Vogt described numerous acts of sexual assault that she had perpetrated against the juvenile.

In September, Vogt pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing child pornography.

Yesterday, Judge Richard Dorr sentenced Vogt to 17 and one-half years in prison without the possibility of parole. Upon release, Vogt will serve the rest of her life on supervised probation.